Ice Analysts Workshop (June 12 - 17, 2008)

Local information for the Ice Analysts Workshop to be held in June 12 - 17, 2008 at the BSH (www.bsh.de) in Rostock,Germany. Sunday, June 15th, will be free and there will be the possibility for sightseeing.

Location

Address: Neptunalle 5, 18057 Rostock.
At the workshop all standard facilities are available (computer connection, beamer, flip chart, overhead projector, etc).


Größere Kartenansicht

Transportation

The nearest airport is Rostock-Laage (http://www.rostock-airport.de), but being a smaller airport direct flight are available only from/to Stockholm, Köln, Nürnberg and München (plus some direct flight to tourist spots). For the workshop the best flight connections to Rostock are from München (with OLT, leaving München 8:40 and 20:00, flight time 1:50) and from Stockholm (with NYO, leaving 15:35, flight time 1:20).
The airport is about 33 kilometers away. There is a shuttle bus to Rostock city (9.10€) taking about 35minutes travel time and leaving shortly after landing of the München flight. A Taxi trip into the city costs about 40€, if more people are arriving at the same time we can arrange a combined trip. A large taxi carrying up to 7 Persons are about 50€ (just email us your arrival time).

Larger airports which can be reached by train are Hamburg and Berlin. The medium sized airport Lübeck is also an option.
Hamburg: from the airport to the train station takes 25 minutes (Jasper Bus, leaving every 10 minutes). From there to Rostock takes between 1:50 and 2:30 hours and trains leave about every hour.
Berlin: there are two main airports Berlin-Schönefeld and Berlin-Tegel. From Schönefeld to the main train station it takes 28 minutes. From Berlin main train station it takes between 2:23 and 3:30 hours to get to Rostock. Also from Airport Berlin-Tegel to Rostock takes a minimum of about 3 hours.
Lübeck: often also denoted Hamburg(Lübeck). Mainly budget airlines with main connection to Stockholm, London Stansted, Danzig, Leeds, Barcelona and Milano. From the airport to the main train station takes about 10 minutes. From there to Rostock takes about 1:50 or 2:30 depending on train.

Apart from train and plane there is also the possibility to reach Rostock by ship from

Within the city there is a good local transportation network.

Accommodation

There are a good number of hotels in Rostock There will be special hotel rates which can be booked over the BSH. In 2007 these rates were starting at about 60,- EUR per night with breakfast, exact rates will be given some weeks before the workshop. Similar rates can often also be found at resellers on the Web.

For people liking maritime ambiente, there are also rooms on an old ship starting at 30,- EUR the night (see http://www.ms-georg-buechner.m-vp.de/).

Meals

Lunch is available at the BSH staff restaurant (3,- or 4,- EUR per meal). One evening a non hosted dinner will be organized.

Leisure/ Tourism

For accompanying persons or if there is the wish to spend some more days in or near Rostock, there is ample things to do. Spend some days at the Sea in Warnemünde, visit the amber museum in Ribnitz-Damgarten, take a steam train to Heiligendamm where the G8 met in 2007 or play a round of golf. For a day trip you can visit the nice old city of Stralsund with its maritime museum, or drive to Peenemünde where you can inform yourself about early rocket technology. And lots more.